This man is considered to be one of the most brilliant men to ever to be born. His principle fields of study are theoretical cosmology and quantum gravity. He does substantial research on black holes and has created many
laws for the way they function and theories on the way they were created. This British theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawking, has made incredible breakthroughs in studies involving the universe and has changed the way they are construed. He is a major theorist and is interested in creating new theories or disproving old theories involving anything in the universe. However, with all of his brilliance and wealth of knowledge, there is a downside to him; he has a rare disease called motor neuron disease. Even with the disease, he still studies the universe and is still receiving honors and awards for the work he is doing.¹
Insight and Influences
Mr. Hawking was born on the fourth of January, 1942 in Oxford, England. The reason he was born in Oxford was because of World War II and the germans bombing London. The war did not effect his research and his life though. The only thing that has effected him in any way is his research and his disability.
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He has had to live his life with motor neuron disease, often called scleorosis. However, It did not stop Mr. Hawking from continuing his lifes passion, research and work. His life has always been based on the work he is involved with. The work that gives him his major influence in his life are his theories on black holes and his theories from his earlier career.¹
Major Contributions
One of the most important contributions he has made was his theories on singularity with aid from Roger Penrose. A singularity is a place in time or space where some quantity has become infinite. Such can be found in something like a black hole or a collapsed star’s final stages. He also made a couple of major discoveries on black holes. The first one was that black holes give of heat, which contrasted with the idea that nothing could escape from a black hole. The second discovery was about the size of a black hole and how it has an enormous size to it. He also made another contribution through his books. The most important of his books was his A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, which sold over a million copies and was listed as a best selling non fiction book for over a year.³
Affect and Effect
After being born in Oxford, Mr. Hawking grew up in London and St. Albans. He attended school at St. Albans School until he went on to Oxford University. At Oxford is where Hawking decided to study physics and many studies involving physics which led him to post graduate studies at the University of Cambridge. After receiving his Ph. D. from Cambridge, he eventually started teaching at the University of Cambridge. In his later years of his teaching and research, specifically the mid nineteen nineties, Hawking began publishing books. It started in 1993 with Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. From then on he did many others including The Nature of Space and Time and The Large, the Small and the Human Mind, as well as The Universe in a Nutshell. Aside from his research and his working life, Mr. Hawking had quite a personal life. He has been married and divorced twice now. His first was to Jane Hawking, with which he had three children: Robert, Lucy and Timothy. Robert immigrated to the United States and started a family and had a son while Lucy became a novelist. His second marriage was to Elaine Mason, whom Hawking filed divorce from in 2006.²
The Things he Left Behind
Stephen Hawking has made unimaginably important contributions to some of our current understandings of science. He has answered Einstein’s unified field theory which has led to a better understanding of the conditions that were present at the beginning of the universe as well as the physical laws of nature. He developed research on black holes no one else has and has made it possible for others to obtain more information on the subject after he passes on. He has pushed forth into outer space in hopes of finding somewhere else where humans can live in case of a disaster. His discoveries have led to new possibilities of how we understand things and how we can develop new ideas. Without Mr. Hawking, many things we know today could possibly have never happened. He has contributed to the unified field theory that Einstein started and Hawking believes that if it is developed humans will know the mind of god. He has made an outstanding legacy for himself and continues to develop and richen it. He has made many contributions that will forever change how we do things, and he will continue to do more for as long as he lives.³
Stephen Hawking
This man is considered to be one of the most brilliant men to ever to be born. His principle fields of study are theoretical cosmology and quantum gravity. He does substantial research on black holes and has created many
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Insight and Influences
Mr. Hawking was born on the fourth of January, 1942 in Oxford, England. The reason he was born in Oxford was because of World War II and the germans bombing London. The war did not effect his research and his life though. The only thing that has effected him in any way is his research and his disability.
Major Contributions
One of the most important contributions he has made was his theories on singularity with aid from Roger Penrose. A singularity is a place in time or space where some quantity has become infinite. Such can be found in something like a black hole or a collapsed star’s final stages. He also made a couple of major discoveries on black holes. The first one was that black holes give of heat, which contrasted with the idea that nothing could escape from a black hole. The second discovery was about the size of a black hole and how it has an enormous size to it. He also made another contribution through his books. The most important of his books was his A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, which sold over a million copies and was listed as a best selling non fiction book for over a year.³
Affect and Effect
After being born in Oxford, Mr. Hawking grew up in London and St. Albans. He attended school at St. Albans School until he went on to Oxford University. At Oxford is where Hawking decided to study physics and many studies involving physics which led him to post graduate studies at the University of Cambridge. After receiving his Ph. D. from Cambridge, he eventually started teaching at the University of Cambridge. In his later years of his teaching and research, specifically the mid nineteen nineties, Hawking began publishing books. It started in 1993 with Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. From then on he did many others including The Nature of Space and Time and The Large, the Small and the Human Mind, as well as The Universe in a Nutshell. Aside from his research and his working life, Mr. Hawking had quite a personal life. He has been married and divorced twice now. His first was to Jane Hawking, with which he had three children: Robert, Lucy and Timothy. Robert immigrated to the United States and started a family and had a son while Lucy became a novelist. His second marriage was to Elaine Mason, whom Hawking filed divorce from in 2006.²
The Things he Left Behind
Stephen Hawking has made unimaginably important contributions to some of our current understandings of science. He has answered Einstein’s unified field theory which has led to a better understanding of the conditions that were present at the beginning of the universe as well as the physical laws of nature. He developed research on black holes no one else has and has made it possible for others to obtain more information on the subject after he passes on. He has pushed forth into outer space in hopes of finding somewhere else where humans can live in case of a disaster. His discoveries have led to new possibilities of how we understand things and how we can develop new ideas. Without Mr. Hawking, many things we know today could possibly have never happened. He has contributed to the unified field theory that Einstein started and Hawking believes that if it is developed humans will know the mind of god. He has made an outstanding legacy for himself and continues to develop and richen it. He has made many contributions that will forever change how we do things, and he will continue to do more for as long as he lives.³
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